Results 121-140 of 1,467 for speaker:Geraldine Feeney

Seanad: Health Service: Statements. (13 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Newspaper articles cannot be read out.

Seanad: Health Service: Statements. (13 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (20 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: In support of the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, I recall the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, telling the House recently that he had other considerations on this matter that he will implement in future legislation. Rather than delaying the legislation and taking amendments, he wants the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill to go through in its entirety now....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (20 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: On Wednesday, 21 May 2003 at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I thank Senator Wilson for sharing time. Decentralisation is an important business. One might wonder why I call it a business when nobody else has mentioned the word. However, it is a business. It is an important business for several reasons, not least because it affects the lives, careers and futures of people and their families. Decentralisation is about balance and addressing regional...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I wish to share my time with Senator Brennan. Acting Chairman (Ms Feeney): Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: The Senator and his colleagues are smoked salmon socialists.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I wish to share time with Senator Wilson.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am delighted to see him here. Fianna Fáil is, and always will be, a reforming and inclusive party. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: We have heard laughs and sneers at this before, but it does not bother us.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Our constituency spans all sectors of society. I applaud the Minister's concern and his current inquiry into the entire grant system. He is seeking to ascertain how grants can be equally applied and enforced in order that they can be visited on communities, particularly those which are in most need. To my mind, that is a fair and decent way of thinking. I wish to remind the Opposition that we...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: How dare the Opposition condemn a humane, social-minded, inquiring Minister.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: It has been so long since the Senator has been in Government, he does not realise what the Minister's brief is.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: As Minister for Education and Science, he is perfectly correct to inquire into the distribution of his Department's annual budget. However, when a Minister undertakes a new inquiry on behalf of a vulnerable community, an Opposition with no constructive agenda descends to the lowest form of political attack. Members of the Opposition are out there looking for soundbites and headlines.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: However, they will achieve no political gain. The people are not fools. They will not be taken in by the type of stroke politics which has been played out in the House tonight. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Opposition Senators may laugh. However, the people respect and will continue to respect the Minister for Education and Science for his sincerity in seeking to achieve a just society and a community of equality of opportunity.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: I invite any Opposition Senator to tell the House what is wrong with the principles and goals of equality of opportunity for our young people and future leaders.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Shame on the Opposition for using this motion in the way it has tonight. Do Opposition Senators really believe in inequality, as their motion suggests they do? They are showing their true colours. We all know the colour of the Labour Party, but Fine Gael has lost its identity and has to grab on to someone else's.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: Fianna Fáil and the Government stand for equality, parity of esteem and equality of opportunity.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Geraldine Feeney: At its best, Fianna Fáil condemns elitism and everything associated with it. This matter is only at an inquiry stage. It is the Minster's obligation to inquire and look for the best value for money. Are we such a closed society, as the Opposition would have us believe, that when an issue like this arises we cannot canvass it, let alone debate it—